Republicans flipped twenty legislative chambers across the country in 2010 and picked up 10 governorships. Many Republicans, like Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin, campaigned
Author: Madonna Gauding
Madonna Gauding is a freelance writer, illustrator and book designer living in St. Louis. MO. She is the author of 10 books on a variety of "mind, body, spirit" topics.
The Amalgamated: a socialist-inspired housing co-op in the Bronx
It was offered to us to demonstrate that through cooperative efforts we can better the lot of our co-workers. We have also been given
Vermont governor signs historic single payer health care law
On May 26, Governor Peter Shumlin (D) signed the legislation passed earlier by the VT House and Senate making Vermont the first state to
The American Health Security Act of 2011
On May 10, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation to provide health care for every American through a Medicare-for-all type single-payer system. Represenative Jim
My political journey since the election of Barack Obama
I have always identified as a Democrat. When I heard Barack Obama speak at the Democratic convention in 2004, I blurted out to the
U.S. political and financial elites enjoy legal immunity
Glenn Greenwald, in a recent article on Salon, wrote the following: In a 1795 letter, George Washington vowed that, “the executive branch of this
On the killing of Osama Bin Laden
Like most of us, I’ve been reading responses to the killing of Osama Bin Laden by order of President Obama to the Joint Special
The People’s Budget
The People’s Budget is an alternative budget put forward by the co-chairs of the 80-member Congressional Progressive Caucus. In contrast to the Ryan and
America has two national budgets, one official, one unofficial
This is the opening line of Matt Taibbi’s latest article in Rolling Stone titled “The Real Wives of Wall Street.” He has penned yet
Stiglitz: “Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%.”
In the current issue of Vanity Fair, Nobel Prize winning economist, Joseph Stiglitz, paints a picture of the United States that we may not recognize.